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Lighting up cultural venues

Peter Smisek

07.03.2022

Wherever it is applied, thoughtfully implemented lighting design holds the power to dramatically enhance our experience of architectural spaces – not least in our selection of recent cultural venue projects.

Building blocks: new office architecture

Alun Lennon

23.02.2022

As our selection of new office projects suggests, the influence of childhood building-block projects by young architects-to-be is often seemingly reflected in the life-size versions they go on to create.

The rise and fall of consumerist architecture: ten modern ...

James Wormald

16.02.2022

As the online marketplace takes a stranglehold on bricks and mortar retail, these are the destination super retail structures tempting consumers back to market.

Industrial design elements in retail interiors

Peter Smisek

17.11.2021

The latest retail projects reveal how the textures and materials of industry have been elevated and combined to create an otherworldly, often hard-edged, yet alluring aesthetic.

The Vanceva® World of Color Awards™ 2020

Brand story

Emma Moore

22.10.2021

An honourable mention for OMA’s Taipei Performing Arts Centre celebrates the textural power of subtly shaded glass.

PUBLIC SPACE DESIGN WEEK: OMA

Simon Keane-Cowell

11.02.2021

'People are the best insurance against anything bad you might associate with a public space,' explains Jason Long of OMA. Watch now for more insight and commentary!

Face off: office facades

Brand story

Peter Smisek

21.10.2020

You only get one chance to make a good first impression, they say. The latest office facades do just that.

Living the high life: residential towers

Peter Smisek

06.11.2019

With urban space at more of a premium than ever, architects have to look skyward for solutions. Thankfully, there’s no shortage of room for creativity up there.

Parking for the people: new car parks

Peter Smisek

22.05.2018

With design concepts integrating environmental factors, multi-use function and strong aesthetics, today’s car parks are bringing man and machine into better coexistence.

World Design Capital Mexico City 2018 Program Presentation

Press Office - Design Week Mexico

21.02.2018

General Director of Design Week Mexico and World Design Capital Mexico City 2018 revealed the details of the World Design Capital Mexico City 2018 activities program.

London

Klaus Leuschel

19.08.2014

‘The people did not like St Paul’s. They were against the Eiffel Tower. They liked neither the Sydney Opera House nor the Centre Pompidou. But today, millions of photos of these buildings are sent around the world via e-mail and by phone.’ (Jan

Creating an Urban Splash

Dominic Lutyens

29.07.2014

Architects of urban projects are increasingly in thrall to water, believing it benefits them in a number of ways — from the aesthetic to the psychological. In one sense, when reflected in water, buildings look larger and more imposing. Yet